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text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CFXNi2sJ2os\/?utm_source=ig_embed\u0026amp;utm_campaign=loading\u0022 style=\u0022 color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EA post shared by Baktash Abtin (@baktash.abtin)\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async src=\u0022\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.me\/s\/kanoon_nevisandegane_iran?before=119\u0022\u003EIranian Writers\u2019 Association (IWA) confirmed\u003C\/a\u003E that Baktash Abtin was admitted to the health clinic at Evin Prison on April 4, 2021, due to the worsening of his Covid-19 symptoms. The poet and IWA association member had tested negative for the virus two days earlier, but a lung scan on April 4 showed symptoms of the virus.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAdditionally, Mostafa Nili, Keyvan Samimi\u2019s lawyer, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/MostafaNili58\/status\/1378679892271886338\u0022\u003Eannounced on Twitter\u003C\/a\u003E that his client Samimi and Reza Khandan Mahabadi\u2014who are also detained in Ward 8 of Evin Prison with Abtin\u2014have also begun to present Covid-19 symptoms. Nili said that the prison authorities are yet to test Samimi and Khandan Mahabadi. Abtin and Khandan Mahabadi have \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.radiofarda.com\/a\/31186467.html\u0022\u003Eapplied previously for medical leaves\u003C\/a\u003E, but Iran\u2019s judiciary have denied their requests despite health issues both of them have that could be exacerbated by Covid-19.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EBaktash Abtin and Reza Khandan Mahabadi were \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.dw.com\/fa-ir\/%D8%B3%D9%87-%D9%86%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%DB%B1%DB%B5-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%88-%D8%B4%D8%B4-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%AD%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF\/a-51825362\u0022\u003Econvicted in May 2019\u003C\/a\u003E on counts of \u201cpropaganda against the regime\u201d and \u201cassembly and collusion against national security.\u201d Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.dw.com\/fa-ir\/%D8%B3%D9%87-%D9%86%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%DB%B1%DB%B5-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%88-%D8%B4%D8%B4-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%AD%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF\/a-51825362\u0022\u003Econvicted the writers to 6 years in prison\u003C\/a\u003E based on their joint authorship of a book that documents the history of the IWA, publishing internal IWA publications, and organizing memorials for murdered IWA members by state agents. At the time of the verdict, the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/en.radiofarda.com\/a\/three-prominent-writers-in-iran-sentenced-to-18-years\/29944483.html\u0022\u003EIWA issued a statement\u003C\/a\u003E that called the charges \u201cirrelevant\u201d and \u201cbaseless.\u201d Iranian authorities regularly \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/world-report\/2021\/country-chapters\/iran\u0022\u003Eprosecute\u003C\/a\u003E activists, journalists, and others for peaceful dissent. They were summoned to begin their sentence in October 2020.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAuthorities arrested Keyvan Samimi, a veteran journalist, during a demonstration on May 1, 2019 in front of the Iranian parliament. On June 14, a revolutionary court \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cpj.org\/2020\/12\/iranian-journalist-kayvan-samimi-begins-3-year-prison-sentence-over-protest-coverage\/\u0022\u003Esentenced him to 3 years in prison\u003C\/a\u003E on assembly and collusion to disrupt national security. 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